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Wikipedia / Eastern Canada

Eastern Canada (, also known as the Eastern provinces, Canadian East or the East) is generally considered to be the region of Canada south of Hudson Bay and Hudson Strait, and east of Manitoba. From east to west, it consists of the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Quebec, and Ontario.

Eastern Canada overlaps into other geographic regions; Ontario and Quebec, Canada's two largest provinces, define Central Canada, while the other provinces in Eastern Canada constitute Atlantic Canada. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are also known as the Maritime provinces.

Capitals

Ottawa, Canada's capital, is located in Eastern Canada, within the province of Ontario.

The capitals of the provinces are in the list below:

Definitions

The Canadian Press defines Eastern Canada as everything east of and including Thunder Bay, Ontario. This definition excludes from Eastern Canada the sparsely populated section of Northwest Ontario that is west of Thunder Bay, that section including Rainy River District and the most populated part of Kenora District.

Population

The total population of this region is about 25,135,649 in 2021, or about 70% of Canada's population. Most of the population resides in Ontario and Quebec. The region contains three of Canada's five largest metropolitan areas, Toronto being the fourth largest municipality in North America.

  1. Largest metropolitan areas

  2. Toronto, Ontario - 6,254,191

  3. Montreal, Quebec - 4,098,927

  4. National Capital Region (Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec) - 1,568,381

  5. Quebec City, Quebec - 807,200

  6. Hamilton, Ontario - 536 917

  7. London, Ontario - 474 786

  8. St. Catharines-Niagara, Ontario - 447,888

  9. Kitchener, Ontario - 441 380

  10. Halifax, Nova Scotia - 403,131

  11. Windsor, Ontario - 329,144

  12. Barrie, Ontario - 212,667

  13. Sherbrooke, Quebec - 212,105

  14. St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador - 205,955

The population of each province in 2016, from greatest to least is here:

Politics

In Canadian politics, Eastern Canada generally supports the Liberal Party. A notable exception is Central Ontario, which remains heavily conservative.

Eastern Canada is represented by 232 Members of Parliament out of the 338 (122 in Ontario, 78 in Quebec, and 32 in the Atlantic Provinces) and 78 senators out of 105.

See also

References